Employee’s on-site lunch break injury compensable

Panel affirms award based on totality of circumstances

A hospital employee was entitled to compensation for a shoulder injury because it occurred on the employer’s premises while she was on her way to lunch, the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Division has ruled in affirming her award.
The employee, patient registrar Deborah Moore, was walking to the Rhode Island Hospital cafeteria for her combined break and ...

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